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Newspaper
Texas Catholic
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1957
Page
14
Nazareth Hospital, a voluntary non profit facility with 48 beds in Mineral Wells, has received full approval and accreditation status. The hospital operates as a community provider and continues serving patients with standard medical services.
The hospital, affiliated with the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Catholic Hospital Association, Texas Hospital Association, American Hospital Association and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan of Texas, received Ford Foundation support for major improvements. New rooms were furnished for patient comfort and facilities modernized to meet advancing medical science.
The Sisters kept the hospital up to Joint Commission standards and on July 13, 1957 received its certificate of reaccreditation confirming continued compliance with the accrediting body's rigorous requirements.
In Schenectady N Y at the General Electric Company noon hour Rosary groups have grown from a small start during the Korean conflict to widespread attendance. Some sessions meet daily others weekly and over a hundred workers attend each gathering across the plant.
A concise exhortation by F. K. Brasted praising Catholic higher education as the best path for youth to maximize life outcomes. The quote argues Catholic colleges nurture growth and character, guiding sons and daughters toward meaningful futures.
Accreditation is the yardstick by which a hospital has the success of its various activities measured. Its program sets up designated standards to safeguard the patient's life and health.
The text notes hospitals choose accreditation without legal obligation as part of service improvement. It cites 66 employees under 12 Sisters overseeing care for about 3,000 patients yearly, including 315 Catholics, 564 births, and 547 surgical patients.
Bethania Hospital in Wichita Falls reports rapid expansion with two new wings connected by a corridor, a new east convent block, and conversion of the first floor business section. The project adds 90 beds for a total of 183, plus expanded emergency clinics, X-ray and lab suites, operating rooms, new cafeteria, and expanded offices and records rooms.
Wichita Falls report on a remedial reading clinic at the Academy of Mary Immaculate. Thirty seven pupils enrolled from June twenty to July thirty. Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur taught under Sister Elizabeth as principal with a staff including Sister Theresa and Sister Marguerita. Comprehensive testing and examinations supported a reading level based program emphasizing phonics and daily practice. A reading laboratory aided junior and senior high pupils with special equipment and a library collection for learners.
In Belgian Congo at Luluabourg St. Joseph a new boarding school for native boys will open this September. Staffed and directed entirely by Congolese Brothers, the school mirrors U S high school and junior college standards. Enrollment surged to 300 with registration closed after a week. The Society of St Joseph will supply instructors. Bishop Bernard Mels leads the project.
A report notes American farmers cultivate roughly 550 distinct crops. Details highlight diversity in agriculture and regional varieties across the United States.
F K Brasted argues Christians taught a personal God providence immortality of the soul free will and accountability to divine justice. Pagans faced persecution as Christians challenged immoral rulers. Christianity offered workable answers leading to a fuller life, unlike paganism. Patronize advertisers.
F K Brasted argues that secularism eclipses faith in modern education, equating it with paganism. He warns it replaces God with man made law, dominates public schooling, and links higher profits to waning character amid rising divorces and moral decline.
The supervisory and managerial roles at the hospital are filled by the Sisters led by Sister M Altissima who serves as superior and administrator. Four years earlier she was director of nursing at St Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago.
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